The Board remands the claim for further development, including obtaining private treatment records and an addendum opinion regarding whether the Veteran's diabetes is a manifestation of his service-connected Dercum's disease.
The deciding factor: Remand is required to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors due to missing private medical records and to obtain an addendum opinion on the relationship between the Veteran's diabetes and his service-connected Dercum's disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Dercum's disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25042772
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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